[Rockhounds] Oldest known evidence of life on Earth found in Canadian rocks

[Paul]

Oldest evidence of life on Earth found in Canadian rocks
3.95-billion-year-old Labrador rocks contain graphite
that appears to come from living organisms
Emily Chung, CBC News, September 28, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/oldest-earliest-life-labrador-1.2503953

Oldest signs of life on Earth may be in 3.95 billion-year-old
rocks By Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, September 28
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/09/28/oldest-signs-of-life-on-earth-may-be-in-3-95-billion-year-old-rocks/

Found: Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth, Dating Back
3.95 Billion Years. The planet itself is 4.5 billion years old.
Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura, September 28, 2017
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-oldest-evidence-of-life-on-earth-dating-back-395-billion-years

Yours,

Paul H.